Lock for vehicles.



E. M. BISHOP. LOGK FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1912.

1,042,875, Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

Improvements in Locks for 'nr'imnim m. iarsnor, or Kmesron, NEW YORK. I

oci: non VEHICLES.

' specification oflietters P tent. QP'atented Oct. 29, 1912. Applicationfiled July 10, 1912. Serial No; 708,633.

To all'whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, EPHRAIM M. BISHOP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kingston, 'in the county of Ulster and State of NewYork,.haveinvented new and useful which the following is aspecification.

An object of the invention is to provide a device for'locking therunning gear of a vehicle so that the samecannot be readily stolenor'carried away..

My invention is particularly adapted for use in connection withautomobiles and other vehiclesand comprehends a dev ce for con, 15

nection with the front and rear wheels of the vehicle whereby thevehicle will be prevented from being operated over the ground.

, The invention further embodies adevice' that is simple inconstructionand'which can a be readily attached to the vehicle to produce thedesiredresult. i

' a In the further-disclosure of the invention verence denotecorresponding parts in all the reference is tofbe had-to theaccompanying drawings constituting a part of this speci: fication, inwhich similar characters of refviews, and in which: b p .4 Figure 11s afragmentary side elevation of anautomobile showing my'device appliedthereto; F ig."2 is a perspective view of the device Fig. 3. is avertical sectional view of the casing and securing member; and F 1g. 4:

is a transverse sectional view of thecas'ing.

Referring more particularly to the views,

use is made of a chain 10 having an enlarged link 11 at one end thereof,said link being adapted to receive asuitable padlock 12 havingconnection with one of the other links of the chain 10 as shown in Figs.1

and 2. The other end of the chain 10 has connection with a casing 13provided with a cross slot 14 in the upper face 15 thereof,

a spring-like securing member l6 having an end thereof rigidly securedto an end ofthe casing 13 and provided with. a locking head '17 on thefree end thereof.-

- In the use of the device, the spring-like member 16 is arranged to.pass around one of the rearwheels 18 of avvehicle v19, the locking head17 being then passed through the crossed portion of the slot 14: so thatthe spring-like member 16 adjacent the head 17 will slide in theelongated portion, of

the slot. The free end of the chain 10 is then arranged. to pass aroundone of-the Vehicles, of

elongated portion of the slot 14 being smaller width than'the head 17 sothat it is '7 vehicle,

padlock 12 is then connected to. the link 11;

and one of the links of the chain, thus connecting the rear and. frontwheels 18 and 20 by the chain 10, it being readily seen'that the head 17of" the spring-like member 16 from being removed from the casing 13, the

necessary to'first slide the head to the crossed the chain will besufficiently taut to prevent I portion ofthe slot beforethe-sam'e canrberemoved from the casing 13. It will thus be'seen that inview of thetautness of the chain. the locking. head'will be retained in the casing13 and can only be removed there from when the padlock 12 has beenunlocked andjtlie chain 10 removed from the front wheel 20 of thevehicle 19. The spring-like member 16 ispreferably made of a. high gradeof steel bent so that the spring-like action-of the member willnormallytend to cause the member to coil up so that at the moment thelocking head 17 passed through. the crossed portionof the slot 14: thespring-like action of the member 16 will cause-'the'head 17 to slideinthe casing toward that end of the casingxto which the spring-like member16 is rigidly secured.

Asmentioned heretofore,- my device can.

be cheaply manufactured: and can'be quickly applied to. or detachedfromthe vehicle, it.

being seenby referring to Fig. l'that'when the device is in appliedposition, the vehicle cannot be readily advanced along the ground.

' .Having thus. described mfy mvention, I

claim: z w

a new article of manufacture, a casin'g provided with aslot,aspring-like member having rigid connection with the casing, a lockinghead on the free end of the-springlike member and adapted to be insertedthrough the slot therein, the said springlike member-being adapted toencircle the wheel of a vehicle, and a chain having nection; with thecasing and adapted for with another wheel ofthe-said' connection Intestimony whereof I afiix my in presence of two wltnesses.

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